Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A80BC433F5 for ; Tue, 7 Dec 2021 07:52:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S231558AbhLGHzd (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Dec 2021 02:55:33 -0500 Received: from mx3.molgen.mpg.de ([141.14.17.11]:56991 "EHLO mx1.molgen.mpg.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S230360AbhLGHzc (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Dec 2021 02:55:32 -0500 Received: from [192.168.0.3] (ip5f5aea86.dynamic.kabel-deutschland.de [95.90.234.134]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: pmenzel) by mx.molgen.mpg.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B070C61E6478B; Tue, 7 Dec 2021 08:52:00 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <0ba14395-7c35-025a-d904-fddf5dd1e0bb@molgen.mpg.de> Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2021 08:52:00 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.3.2 From: Paul Menzel Subject: Check that no dot/period ends the commit message summary? To: Andy Whitcroft , Joe Perches Cc: LKML Content-Language: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Dear checkpatch folks, git’s default messages don’t use a dot/period at the end of the commit message summary (title). • Revert … • Merge … Some guides on the WWW, like *How to Write a Git Commit Message* [1], also recommend that: Do not end the subject line with a period. Would that be sensible to add to the checkpatch script? Kind regards, Paul [1]: https://cbea.ms/git-commit/#end